Circulating extensively throughout Millicent, Robe, Beachport, Tantanoola, Kalangadoo, Southend & surrounding districts 2012 & 2013 Country Press sA newsPAPer of the yeAr (CirCulAtion under 2500) TUESDAY, MArch 24, 2015 Giant doG Visits news > PaGe 11 No. 10600 | Price $1.20 MseFL RaRe 1958 MG MaGette ZB CaRsMaRt > inside today PRe-season CuP sPoRt > BaCk PaGe STORY & PICTURES PAGE 3 RIDE TO SCHOOL DAY: Newbery Park Primary School teacher Frazer Scanlon joined students Bianca Bennier and Hayley Finnis on the 1.7km bicycle journey last week for National Ride2School day. Picture: RAQUEL MUSTILLO Police turn up heat $200,000 reward offered for information about Beachport murder cold case MUSTILLO RAQUEL journo1@setimes.com.au POLICE are offering a $200,000 reward to anyone with information that will help solve the WEATHER Max: 19o suspected murder of Canadian backpacker Gordon Bruce Rogers at Beachport. The 21-year-old was last seen at Beachport at 3.30am on August 2, 1970. On the day of his disappearance, Mr Rogers had been drinking and attended a party in Beachport. A friend and work colleague Min: 8o - Showers. UV: High. Page 19 reported him as a missing person at the Beachport Police Station at 10.30am the same day. SA Police announced the reward as part of a “cold case” murder campaign to help solve cases from the past. In conjunction with Crime Stoppers and the State Government, police have doubled the number of rewards already on offer. TV GUIDE Page 12 Mr Rogers’ suspected murder is one of 54 unsolved cases in South Australia that now carries a minimum reward of $200,000 for information. A total of $33.8m is now on offer for 110 unsolved murders across the state. SAPOL Assistant Commissioner Paul Dickson said police hoped the PUZZLES Page 13 rewards would help to close old homicide cases. “These rewards are important to investigators and to the community because they are involved in the gravest of crimes that are committed in the South Australian community,” he said. Continued page 2 CLASSIFIEDS Page 14 659581